Records of Hungarian General Credit Bank Co. Personnel and Organizational Departments Magyar Általános Hitelbank Rt. Személyzeti és szervezési osztály (MOL Z 53)

Identifier
irn37065
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.7
  • RG-39.020M
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1949
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hungarian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37065

Extent and Medium

97,587 digital images, JPEG

26 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm

Creator(s)

  • Magyar Általános Hitelbank Rt.

Archival History

Magyar Országos Levéltár

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Magyar Országos Levéltár, MOL (National Archives of Hungary), Record Group MOL Z 53. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2009.

Scope and Content

Records related to the “aryanization” of the staff at one of the largest financial institution in Hungary, Magyar Általános Hitelbank Rt. (Hungarian General Credit Bank Co.) following the first anti-Jewish law in 1938, mostly contains personal dossiers of employees. Includes the private correspondence relating to Georges Vajda (Vajda, was one of the towering figures of Jewish Studies in this century. Born in Budapest on November 18, 1908, he died in Paris on October 7,1981).

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels, and generally the collection is arranged by name of banks, their offices, and alphabeticly by names of bank personnel.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Magyar Országos Levéltár

People

  • Vajda, Georges, 1908-1981.

Subjects

  • Banks and banking--Hungary
  • Hungary--Ethnic relations.
  • Race discrimination--Law and legislation--Hungary.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary.
  • Hungary--Politics and government--1945-1949.
  • Banks and banking--Records and correspondence--Government policy--Hungary--20th century.
  • Antisemitism--History--20th century.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Hungary--20th century--Registers.
  • Hungary

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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